Yearly Archives: 2010

What…? Lucasfilm announced today that work is under way to convert the “Star Wars” saga to 3D. Both sagas, that is six pictures, will get 3D make over and theatrical re-release starting with “Episode I: The Phantom Menace,” which is scheduled to return to theaters in 2012. The exact release date has not been formally…

The ax has fallen on the first show of the new fall season. Not much of a surprise, unfortunately, but Lone Star is this fall’s first casualty and the first new series of the season that barely lived. After only 2 episodes, Fox dropped Lone Star out of its lineup and will replace it with…

Down under, they do things different then we do things here. You know, “shrimp on the barbie,” Vegemite Sandwiches, and Kangaroos that can literally kick your behind! Well so too America’s Next Top Model Australia. When they announce the winner of their show, they do it live, or at least, they used to. We here…

Sally Menke, 56, long time film editor to Quentin Tarantino, was found dead near Griffith Park in Los Angeles. According to law enforcement, Menke had gone for a hike with her dog and a hiking buddy around 9am on Monday. Her friend turned back about an hour later, Menke decided to trek on with her…

Ron Kellum and Tony Stovall were the first team eliminated during the premier of the Amazing Race Sunday, entering it’s 17th installment. Tony and Ron let Phil know they were “ready” for the news when they approached the pit stop last. The best friend team went from first to last quickly as the first leg…

In a television world where the supernatural build a cult following, where crime shows cover every angle of the criminal profile, where reality surfaces nearly every night, it’s not surprising that most (if not all) of Americans didn’t tune in last Monday to watch the innovative season premiere of Lone Star. Maybe you didn’t hear of it,…

Gloria Stuart, Actress, died Sunday night at her West Los Angeles home, said her daughter, writer Sylvia Thompson. Gloria Stuart, 100, had been diagnosed with lung cancer five years ago. “She also was a breast cancer survivor,” Thompson said, “but she just paid no attention to illness. She was a very strong woman and had other…

The new season of The Amazing Race premieres Sunday night, Sept. 26 at 8:30pm EST/7:30pm CST (8:30 p.m. PST) with a special 90-minute episode on CBS. Turn on and tune in! Season 17 has beauty queens, home-shopping TV hosts and even Princeton a cappella singers. They’ll be among the mixed bag of characters who will sprint around…

Well, she couldn’t sing with Elmo, but Katy Perry will be performing during a live segment with the puppets from Springfield on a special Simpsons. The episode, slated to be a Christmas special, is unique in that the cast of the long-running animated hit will be puppets instead. Katy Perry will not only sing a…

The Joplinesque runner up of American Idol is engaged to fellow musician Brian Walker, news sources confirmed Friday. The folk-pop singer from Toledo, Ohio is planning to tie the knot next month. Bowersox garnered second place but was always a front-runner in the judges’ eyes pretty much all season, in the end losing out to Lee…